Sponsorship Ideas

You will need to give yourself plenty of time to raise your sponsorship target. Although it may seem a little daunting, the charity for whom you are raising funds will be able to give you lots of fundraising advice and ideas once you have signed up for an event.

Below is a list of tried and tested fundraising ideas which previous participants have found successful:

• Email all your work colleagues and friends and ask them to sponsor you
• Dress down day at school or work
• Hold an auction of promises at work
• Organise a quiz night in your local pub
• Hold a raffle (write to local companies, shops, restaurants for prizes or vouchers)
• Hold a race night at your local dog stadium (on a quiet night the stadium might give you the venue for a discount or even for free)
• Sponsored hair dye or head/leg/beard shave
• Supermarket collections
• Collections at big sporting events eg football matches, concerts etc
• Karaoke evening
• Fancy dress pub crawl
• Ask your company to sponsor you - ask if they operate a ‘match giving scheme’ (e.g. for every £ you raise, they will match it)
• Wash cars at a local supermarket or leisure centre (do it in fancy dress!)
• Charge your friends to come to a dinner party, barbecue or disco - hold a raffle, play sponsored games or organise a treasure hunt
• Organise a sweepstake at work e.g. Grand National, Wimbledon, rugby/football/cricket tournaments
• Gift Aid your fundraising to increase every donation by over 20%! Ask your chosen charity about this or visit http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/charities/gift-aid.htm
• Design your own fundraising webpage and get friends to donate on-line through www.justgiving.com